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But you will.

That's right! 250-ish pages in and I still haven't introduced a relatively important character. And yet, you continue to read. Strange of you.

And now, because people have been asking, a BOOK 2 PRE-ORDER BREAKDOWN. The two most important bits of information:

PRE-ORDERS WILL BEGIN IN MAY. This is also the month TAZ's second collection will be solicited in Diamond's Previews. I'm consolidating!

There will be a goal bar for the amount needed to cover the print bill, just like last time, so everyone can witness either my startling triumph or monumental failure. Also, like last time, the print version of TAZ will feature remastered art, author's notes, and sketches. 148 pages of the stuff!

PRE-ORDERS WILL COME IN SEVERAL FLAVORS. I will most likely NOT be offering sketches or commissions this time around. I mean JESUS, is till have some of those left to do. :( What will be up for grabs are deluxe pre-roder packages with limited edition shirts and both books, just the new book and a shirt, things like that. As previously stated, some misprints will also be on offer! Can't see your way to paying more than $5.00 for a copy of Templar? Well, shit, YOU'RE IN LUCK.

Back to work...

I swear, the Mancusos just let that child run wild in the streets.

Upon the topic of the documentary of the same name.

Bitter? Just a little.

A ten-minute helping of meandering, illustrated babble, inspired by Brenna's Sketchcast about Stumptown. You'll probably want to skip it, unless you're an artist who attends cons, or plans on attending cons eventually.

So I gots an Etsy shop, now.

It will help people buy things from me. Hopefully.

I've been meaning to put one of these together for a while, but I never found the time. Then, I wound up with this surprise free day, and a serious case of ants-in-the-pants caused by everyone and their bald-headed granny whoopin' it up in San Diego and live-blogging every little detail.

Bastards.

But finally getting this shop up and running, along with the previous post's accomplishments, helps me feel that I've made some pretty nice lemonade out of the fifty bushels of lemons I was handed this morning at 7:30.

Anyway, only two paintings are up at Etsy, because that's all I had around. More later; I'm bound to do something of worth over the weekend, if only to kill time in line.

My rescheduled flight takes off in four and a half hours. In theory. Eeesh.

Jesus Christ pants and underwear.

Ali Spagnola painted my American Hairless Terrier, Harvey. And I am about to fall over in a swoon from the cuteness.

Ali was featured back on the art blog Drawn! a while back, because she was offering honest-to-goodness free paintings to anyone who asked for one. So, I took a chance and put my name in the hat. Looks like she dug my idea! She'll be sending this to me in the mail, too. Thanks, Ali!

If you want a free painting from Ali, she's still taking requests! And hey, I'm livin' proof that it's not some kinda weird trick or anything. So go for it.

Back to work with me. Expect more Templar Wednesday.

Jeez, I hope not.

Hang a bell around my neck an' put me out to pasture, cuz I just joined the herd.

Mooo.

New Hotness: BBWW.

I'll probably send this in uncolored. I'm lazy.

And by "dynamic methods," he means "scream about how the CIA stole all the nitrogen from his intestinal tract until forcibly removed from the premises."

Dare you to write him.

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I lurve you, dollar store.

Y'got a print of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and JFK down at the racetrack for the bathroom? Cuz my crapper could use a little class, too.